בקבוק

Probably of onomatopoeic origin, imitating gurgling of water when it is poured out of a bottle. Compare Arabic بَقْبَقَة‎ (baqbaqa, “gurgling sound”), Classical Syriac ܒܿܲܓܼܒܿܘܼܓܼܵܐ‎ (baḡbūḡā, “pitcher”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bakˈbuk/

בַּקְבּוּק • (bakbúk) m (plural indefinite בַּקְבּוּקִים‎, singular construct בַּקְבּוּק־, plural construct בַּקְבּוּקֵי־‎)

1. a bottle
   • 1 Kings 14:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וְלָקַחַתְּ בְּיָדֵךְ עֲשָׂרָה לֶחֶם וְנִקֻּדִים וּבַקְבֻּק דְּבַשׁ וּבָאת אֵלָיו הוּא יַגִּיד לָךְ מַה־יִּהְיֶה לַנָּעַר׃‎‎

     And take with thee ten loaves, and biscuits, and a cruse of honey, and go to him; he will tell thee what shall become of the child.

• ב־ק־ב־ק‎ (b-k-b-k), ביקבק / בִּקְבֵּק‎ (bikbék)

• H1228 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible